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TORNEY 15 this specification.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PRENTIGE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHQDE ISLAND.

METHOD OF ATTAC HING BUTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,136, dated November27, 1883. Application filed September 17, 1883. (No model.)

5 State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Method oI Attaching Buttons to Fabrics; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofrcference markedthereon, which form a part of My invention has for its object to providean improved method for attaching the buttons to fabrics or othermaterials; and it consists,

essentially, in securing a button-head, formed of leather, pulp, orother analogous material, to the desired fabric by means of a metallicstaple, the prongs of which are first forced up through the fabric ormaterial to which the button is to be attached, thence through the bodyof the button, and clinched upon the top surface thereof, all as will behereinafter more fully described, and specifically designated in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of thebutton and means for attaching the same; Fig. 2, a similar view asattached to a fabric; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same, and Fig. 4a vertical section of a modification thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

In carrying out my invention the buttonhead a, which is provided with arounded neck or shank, b, is formed of leather, pulp,

40 or other like material, and then dyed, stained,

or japanned in suitable colors to match or contrast with the material towhich it is to be attached, said button-head a being formed solidthroughout, without openings of any kind.

of a metallic staple, c, havinga flat retainingbase and I sharpprojecting prongs, as fully shown in the drawings.

In the operation of attaching the button to the desired material thebutton is placed in the one jaw of a suitable setting-instrument, withits head portion resting in a die of corresponding shape, while themetallic staple c is adjusted in the opposite jaw of thesetting-inserted between, the two jaws are closed together, therebyforcing the prongs of the stap1e up through the fabric or material,thence through the button-head, and clinching into button in place.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. 4, in which a groove,11, of suitable shape, is formed in the upper port-ion of thebuttonhead, and which is adapted to receive the clinched points of themetallic prong or prongs of the fastener when the two parts are connected together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-That improvement in the art of attaching buttons to fabrics consistingin forcing the prongs of the fastener up through the fabric or material,thence through the solid buttonhead, and clinching the points of theprongs into the top surface thereof, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W.

signature in PEEn-TIoE.

. Witnesses:

F. A. SMITH, Jr.,

CHARLES GREENE.

strument, and the fabric or material being inthe. top surface thereof,to securely hold the- The fastening device is preferably composed 5

